Middle English Dictionary Entry
mọ̄ting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | mọ̄ting(e ger. Also (N) muting(e. |
| Etymology | Cp. mọ̄ten v.(3) & OE mōtung. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Disputing, arguing, strife; (b) discussion; (c) a proposition, an argument; (d) a plea; pleading; (e) legal plea or argument, advocacy; legal defence; (f) legal proceedings, litigation; ~ of, ?legal harrassment or oppression of (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)13b/b : Certamen: fyȝtynge, chidynge, motynge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)345 : Motynge..: Disceptacio.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)303/322 : My lorde, all youre mutyng amendis not a myte.
b
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16522 : Scho gart þem wend a gayn with outyn motyng more, And say þe kyng certayn þat sho myȝt not come þore.
c
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)16.130 : Motyng [Hnt: by crist, bote in scole, Shal no such motif be meued..bote þere].
- c1400 PPl.C (Vsp B.16)17.231 : Motynges [Hnt: Freres..to þe folke þat þei prechen Meuen motifs..Insolibles and fallaces; B: materes].
- ?c1450 PPl.A(1) (Mrg M 818)11.70 : Motyngys [Trin-C: Suche motifs þei meuen, þise maistris in here glorie].
d
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)65/178 : Lauerd forȝef us ure unskile..ure sunnen..Her is a roulich moting.
- (1433) ?Phillip Serm.GF (BodLTh d.1)248 : Dolor iste siue passio potest assimilari bene to a man of ple and motyng..mors Christi potest assimilari to a man of ple and motyng.
- (1433) ?Phillip Serm.GF (BodLTh d.1)251 : Hes woo was lykynde to a ple of gret motynge and plenyng, sayand, 'der moder myn, to me is gret dole and pyne.'
e
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.60 : His pardoun in purcatorie wel litel is..Þat any mede of mene men for motyng [vr. motynges] resceyueþ.
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)305 : No sal ther be no motyng Nor turnay for no gapyng sayng, Bot ryghtwys dome after thare gylle.
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)580 : Wher hade thou this connyng For to venquys me today thus with thi motyng?
f
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6559 : His gode men he hatede, þa uuele he hæhȝede; al his motinge [Otho: moting] was ful of ȝitsinge.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)5.132 : Wyl mede hath þe maistrye, þer motyng his atte barre.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)79/23 : To ouercomme his enmys, if his cause be riȝtwys, bathe in were and in motyng [Man.(1): in plee; F en plait].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)345 : Motynge, or tolyynge, or pleytynge: ..placitacio.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1566 : There is a raggeman rolle þat Ragenelle hymself Hath made of mayntennance and motyng of þe peuple, Hough þay sheue at sises and sessions aboute.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)83b : Mutynge: Causa, Causula.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)145/32 : Than was the motynge, the pledynge, and reyuynge of goode men and trew.
2.
A conference, a council, an assembly.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30235 : Þer wes þa motinge bituxe þan twam kinge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31993 : Hu he [Aðelstan] al Anglelond sette on his aȝere hond and hu he sette moting & hu he sette husting.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)87 : Hi nomen heom to rede at heore motynge, Hw hi myhten vre louerd to þe deþe brynge.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)178 : Iudas..com..Mid Gyues and myd phariseus from heore motynge.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)753 : In þe castel sat þe motinge [Corp-C: court] of þis tyraunz ech on.
3.
In phr. among (al) this ~, in the midst of (all) this, while this was going on.
Associated quotations
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)10868 : [Clg: Coel eorl i þan fihte..sloh þene king Asclepidiot.] Amag [read: Amang] þisse motinge [Clg: imonge], come oþere tidinge.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)15064 : Amang al þis motyng [Clg: þissen dome], dead iwarþ þe gode king.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)18174 : Amang þis motinge [Clg: Imong þat he king wæs & his wikenares chæs], Merlyn at-wende.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Castle Love(4) (CotApp 7)155 : Þer contak is and strife And þer metyng is all riffe, Þer mey Pese noght be.
Note: New spelling
Note: We have no form in 'e': perhaps by confusion with meting--per SL